§ 6.67.080. Licensing conditions.

At the hearing required under Section 6.67.050, the board of Clark County commissioners may establish conditions which must be met prior to the issuance of any license under this ordinance except that the board may take a matter under submission before determining which conditions shall be imposed. Where the board takes a matter under submission, written notice of any conditions imposed as prerequisite to the issuance of a license must be mailed to the applicant within fifteen days of the original hearing.

The conditions which may be imposed by the board of Clark County commissioners pursuant to the county's general police power for the protection of health, safety and property of local residents and persons attending festivals in the county, are as follows:

(a)

Police Protection. Every licensee shall employ at his own expense, police protection. The number and type of officers shall be determined and specified by the sheriff of Clark County to provide for the preservation of order and protection of property in and around the place of the festival. Funds to employ this specified number of law enforcement officers at the current hourly salary rate for sheriff's deputies, shall be deposited with the county of Clark at least ten days prior to the specified date the activity is to occur. A minimum of one law enforcement officer for every five hundred persons expected to be in attendance shall be required. Where the sheriff specified the employment of off-duty peace officers to meet the requirements of this chapter, said peace officers shall be under the complete direction and control of the sheriff of the county of Clark. The sheriff must be satisfied that the requisite number of peace officers will be provided at all times of operations, plus any specified time prior to and following the event, before a license is issued.

(b)

Water Facilities.

(1)

Location of water facilities on the premises must be approved by the Clark County health district prior to issuance of a license.

(2)

The minimum supply of water to the outdoor festival shall be fifteen gallons of water for each person in attendance per day. All water shall meet United States Public Health service standards. Public and private flush-type water closets, lavatories and drinking facilities shall be required as determined by the Clark County health district. Sewage and drainage systems relating to such facilities shall be subject to the prior approval of the Clark County health district and the director of Clark County building and zoning department.

(c)

Food Concessions.

(1)

Where the proposed festival is to be held a substantial distance from public eating places, food handling places or like establishments, applicant shall be required to demonstrate that food will be available at the premise for each day of operation to adequately feed the number of persons expected to be in attendance.

(2)

Concessionaires must be licensed and operate under a valid health district permit pursuant to local ordinances and state laws. Every licensee shall provide at least one flush-type water closet and lavatory for each sex in a closed facility for employees of each food concession or operation within the enclosure area of such food operation unless otherwise approved by the Clark County health district.

(3)

Under no circumstances shall the Clark County health district allow such flush-type water closets and lavatories to be located more than fifty feet from concession or operation. All lavatories required in conjunction with food concessions and food operations shall be provided with hot and cold water under pressure which shall be dispensed by an approved type mixing faucet. All sewage, sink waste and wastewater from water closets, lavatories, sinks operated in connection with food concessions or food operations shall be disposed of to a public sewer or a sewage disposal system approved by the Clark County health district and the director of Clark County building and zoning department;

(d)

Sanitation Facilities Required. Every licensee shall provide at least one enclosed flush-type water closet facility marked "men" and one such facility marked "women" on the premises of a festival on the basis of one flush-type water closet for each forty males and one for each forty females expected to be in attendance. Urinals may be substituted for the required flush-type water closets for men on the ratio of one urinal and one flush-type water closet per sixty males.

Lavatories provided with cold water under pressure, soap and paper towels shall be provided on the basis of one lavatory for each seventy-five persons expected to be in attendance.

Where flush-type water closets cannot be made available for the persons in attendance, the board of Clark County commissioners may allow the use of portable chemical toilets. Such chemical toilets must meet the approval of the Clark County health district before any license may be issued. Chemical toilets shall be emptied and recharged at the licensee's expense as necessary pursuant to procedures established by the Clark County health district. The requirement for flush-type water closets, for food concessions, food operations and for the use of employees may not be waived. Every licensee shall be required to furnish at least one trash can with thirty-six gallon capacity with a tight fitting lid for each twenty-five persons expected to be in attendance, an adequate supply of plastic bag liners to fit the trash receptacles shall be provided and each container shall at all times have a plastic bag liner inserted and when full it shall be tied, removed and a new plastic bag liner inserted. The pick up and removal of refuse, trash, garbage and rubbish shall be at least once a day and more often if required by the Clark County health district. A signed contract with a licensed refuse collector shall be submitted to the Clark County health district and a copy of same filed with the health district. Removal of all trash and refuse shall be at the licensee's expense;

(e)

Medical Facilities. Where a proposed festival is expected to attract a large number of persons for a site located a substantial distance from adequate existing treatment facilities the applicant shall be required to provide emergency medical treatment facilities on the premises of the festival.

Where the proposed festival is located close to adequate existing facilities the applicant shall provide as required by the Clark County health district, emergency treatment facilities on the premises of the festival.

The location of such facilities, number of doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses and other aides needed to staff said facilities and the quantity of medical supplies, drugs, ambulances, and other equipment that must be on the site shall be approved by the Clark County health district prior to the issuance of any license under this chapter.

The Clark County health district shall calculate the need for medical services, based on the number of persons expected to attend a festival, their expected age group, the duration of events planned and the possibility of exposure to inclement weather and outdoor elements. Traffic lanes and other adequate space shall be designated and kept open for access and travel for ambulance, helicopter and other emergency vehicles to transport patients, or staff to appropriate on and off-site treatment facilities;

(f)

Parking Areas.

(1)

Every licensee shall provide adequate parking space for persons attending the festival by motor vehicle.

(2)

Persons desiring to operate or conduct a festival may be called upon to provide a separate parking space for every two persons expected to attend the festival by motor vehicle. Such individual parking spaces shall be clearly marked and shall not be less than twelve feet wide and twenty feet long. The directors of Clark County building and zoning department, and planning must approve an applicant's "parking plan" before a license shall be issued;

(g)

Access and Parking Control. Every licensee shall provide adequate ingress and egress to festival premises and parking areas therefor. Necessary roads, driveways and entranceways shall exist to insure orderly flow of traffic into the premises from a highway or road which is a county road or highway or which is a highway maintained by the state of Nevada. A special accessway for fire equipment, ambulances and other emergency vehicles may be required. The superintendent of Clark County road department must approve the licensee's plan for ingress and egress before a license shall be issued.

Additionally, any applicant may be required to show that traffic guards are under his employ to insure orderly traffic movement and relieve traffic congestion in the vicinity of the festival area;

(h)

Hours of Operation. All festivals which are subject to license under this chapter shall close and cease operation continuously between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m. of each and every day;

(i)

Illumination. Every licensee planning to conduct a festival after dark, or planning to allow persons who attend the festival to remain on the premises after dark, shall provide electrical illumination to insure that those areas which are occupied are lighted at all times. The Director of Clark County building and zoning department must approve an applicant's lighting plan as a prerequisite to issuance of a license hereunder. A licensee may be required to illuminate specific areas on the premises in accordance with the following scale of lighting intensity:

Illumination	Watts per square foot
Open areas reserved for spectators	0.50
Stage areas	5.00
Parking and overnight areas	0.25
Restroom and concession areas	1.00

 

(j)

Overnight Camping Facilities. Every licensee authorized to allow persons who attend the festival to remain on the premises overnight shall provide camping facilities and overnight areas approved by the Clark County health district and director of Clark County building and zoning department prior to the issuance of any license;

(k)

Bonds. Any licensee may be called upon to post an indemnity bond and/or a performance bond in favor of the county in connection with the operation of a festival. Bonds required by this chapter must be approved by the district attorney prior to the issuance of a license. An applicant may be required to submit a surety bond written by a corporate bonding company authorized to do business in the state of Nevada in a penal amount determined by the board of county commissioners. The bond shall indemnify the county of Clark, its agents, officers, servants and employees and the board of county commissioners of the county against any and all loss, injury and damage of any nature whatsoever arising out of, or in any way connected with said festival, and shall indemnify against loss, injury and damage to both person and property. Additionally, the county may demand that applicant provide a corporate surety bond written by a corporate bonding company authorized to do business in the state of Nevada, indemnifying the county of Clark and the owners of property adjoining the festival site for any costs necessitated for cleaning up and/or removing debris, trash, or other waste from, in, and around the premises. The bond shall be in an amount determined by the board of Clark County commissioners;

(l)

Fire Protection. Every licensee shall provide at his own expense adequate fire protection as determined by the fire protection agency or agencies having jurisdiction where the event is to be conducted. Flammable vegetation and other fire hazards shall be removed in a manner and in such quantity as determined by the fire chief or fire chiefs. First aid fire extinguishment equipment shall be provided as directed by the fire chief or fire chiefs;

(m)

Financial Statements. Each licensee shall be required to provide a financial statement to give assurance of the ability of the promoters and/or applicants to meet the conditions of the permit;

(n)

Communication. Licensee shall be required to establish a communication system for public use where ordinary communications are not available;

(o)

Miscellaneous. Any applicant may be required to meet any other condition prior to receiving a license to conduct a festival which is reasonably calculated as necessary to protect the health, welfare and property of local residents and persons attending a festival.

(Ord. 709 § 103, 1980; Ord. 621 § 115, 1979; Ord. 338 § 8, 1970)